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Mexico Lashes Out at EU lawmakers for Criticizing President’s News Media Antagonism

MEXICO CITY, March 10 (Reuters) – Mexico pilloried EU lawmakers on Thursday after the European Parliament passed a resolution urging President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to tone down his broadsides against the media in a country that has seen a slew of killings of journalists. The parliament’s resolution “notes with concern the systematic and tough […]

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Profile: Gabriel Boric – From Student Protest Leader to Chile’s Youngest President

By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Alexander Villegas   SANTIAGO, March 11 (Reuters) – Gabriel Boric, who at 36 years old takes office on Friday as Chile’s youngest president, has been building towards this moment since childhood. Even as a youth, Boric was a strong public speaker and fell naturally into politics, his younger brother […]

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Ten Things the West Should Do Now to End Putin’s Barbaric War

Our future is at stake and the fate of all those in the world who believe in democracy By  Bernard-Henri Lévy-  Sean Penn– Salman Rushdie–   Sting   The destiny of the world is playing out in Kyiv President Volodymyr Zelensky, with his spirit of resistance, his heroism and his uncompromising fidelity to democratic values, […]

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Chile couples’ joy as first same-sex marriages held

By Jane Chambers BBC Santiago, Chile Consuelo Morales Aros, 38, and her partner Pabla Heuser Amaya are overjoyed. The two women, who have been together for 16 years, were among the first to tie the knot in Chile on Thursday after a landmark law came into effect allowing same-sex marriages. Same-sex couples have been able […]

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World Covid Deaths 3 Times Higher, UK-Pandemic & Education Inequalities,World Covid Stats

Covid deaths probably three times higher than records say By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor BBC Image source, Getty Images More than 18 million people – three times higher than official records suggest – have probably died because of Covid, say researchers. Their report comes two years to the day from when the World Health […]

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Nevis Launches Gender Champions Programme

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — The Department of Gender Affairs on Nevis launched a new initiative called the Gender Champions Programme at the International Women’s Day Awards Ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs on March 08, 2022, at the Nevis Performing Arts Centre (NEPAC). Mr. Colin Kezron Archibald and Ms. Joy Napier, the […]

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Nevis Observes World Kidney Day  

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 10, 2022) — The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs on Nevis on the occasion of World Kidney Day, 2022. The World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee has declared 2022 the year of “Kidney Health for All.” World Kidney Day which is […]

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Federation Partnering with Taiwan to Realise UN Sustainable Development Goal 12

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 10, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis’ production of waste is higher than the global average for the Latin America and the Caribbean region A partnership between the Federal Government and the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has resulted in the establishment of the St. […]

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WORLD VIEW: Deaths as Rus Bombs Hospitals, US Citizens Volunteer to Fight, Who’s Next for Russia, More

Trending  |  Russia-Ukraine  |  View in Browser March 10, 20 Today’s Headlines Attack on Ukraine hospital kills 3 and wounds 17, officials say MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — An airstrike on a hospital in the port city of Mariupol killed three people, including a child, the city council said Thursday, as Russian forces…Read More US citizens […]

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Haiti: 9 Migrant Babies Die On Overloaded Week-Long Boat Voyage to Puerto Rico

Nine Haitian babies, including a set of twins, reportedly died in a span of a week and were dumped in the sea as a group of migrants attempted to reach Puerto Rico last month. Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día reported Tuesday that the 51 adult migrants and nine infants set off from the southeastern […]

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